I haven't seen the sun since Australia

That's not true- we had about five minutes of pathetic little rays today in Wellingon. But that didn't stop the rain. It's been misting constantly and raining off and on since last Wednesday at midnight when we landed, but that's okay. Australia was awesome.  

                                                   

We first went to Cairns, which is in north Queensland, which didn't mean anything to me until I found out this meant "tropical," and then it meant the whole world. Flip flops, tank tops, bathing suits, none of these things are particularly important to those of you at home where it's gorgeous and summery, but to me and Alex, it was the best. Cairns was SO HOT and sunny. We even got a little sunburnt (yay!) and swam in the reef, like we wanted.

   

Sydney was nice- it was good to be in a real city again, like one bigger than the W-B, but it was still kind of small. But there was lots to do and see, even if it wasn't tropical or particularly warm.

We saw these koalas, and a host of other weird/adorable Australian animals, but really nothing could be better than a momma koala with her baby. The baby just sticks itself to whatever part of the mom's body is available- stomach, back, side, leg. It was even on her face for awhile. 

My evilest flatmate moved out while we were on vacation, another is moving out Sunday, which means Alex and I are switching into a bigger room and buying a couch for our visitors from the States. Which, at this point, is no one. Does anyone even read this at home? 

But I'm super happy right now. All I needed for my life to be awesome was a great vacation. Who knew?